「I see, the two golems forced open the door to the dock and attacked.」
「The guard is also hurt, but he’s also saying that without a doubt.」
「Anyways, please come to the lord’s place.」
「We’ll secure the crime scene」(TL: It really says “we’ll guard here”, but I feel this fits better)
They had caused a large uproar. Jin and the others were going to the female lord who rules the southern part of the Elias Kingdom including Port Lock, Dominique de Firentsiano, as important witnesses.
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Meanwhile, at the government building where Dominique de Firentsiano is…
Three subordinates of Marquis hudson and Valentino do Hudson were confined to a room on the 2nd floor for an investigation. For an aide to a feudal lord, it wasn’t a jail cell but a room in the government office building.
A detailed interrogation was scheduled to take place tomorrow.
As two guards were placed at the only entrance to the room…
The sound of broken glass resounded from behind the closed doors.
「What the!?!」
The guards were surprised by the sound and opened the door to see in the room and were astonished.
「G-Golem!?」
Two golems were there. If Jin saw this, he’d notice that they’re the same golems that attacked the tax carriers from Kaina village.
「Fufufu, as long as these guys are around I can’t be caught. I have no use for this country anymore.」
As he said so, Valentino was already disappearing through the escape hole, the golems rushing after him.
「W-wait!」
One of the guards runs out in pursuit while the other ran in order to report it to the lord.
「What was that?! Valentino has fled!?」
The lord who heard the report couldn’t believe their ears. It appeared that a noble’s son with a clear parentage ran away for fear of conviction.
「Hurry up and arrange a search!」
The subordinate followed the instructions, but there were few guards in this town. One by one they gathered increasing from the original 10 to 20 people.
Even with the resting half, their numbers were not enough to handle two golems.
And then….
「Lord Firentsiano, the visitors from the Shioro Empire, Reinhardt and Elsa, and the championship team “MJR” are here to see you. They are with the harbor guard as well.」
If it was only Jin and the others, they would have been put off, but when the female lord heard they were with an aristocrat, she ordered to let them through while thinking it was annoying.
Her appearance began to change as she listened to their story.
When Reinhardt cast [Read] on the Control Cores of the golem to display the instructions contents,
「Destroy the ship of team 35 and recover the evidence of the El Dorado transactions that were hidden it it. The person who gave these orders is… Valentino!」
(ED: Well done Sherlock!)
「The evidence has already been collected, This is it.」
Reinhardt put the evidence on the table. The complexion of Firentsiano turned pale and confirmed that the crest was one that Valentino used.
「When the story is put together, Valentino seems to have been involved in smuggling.」
A year ago, the El Dorado was meant to be gifted to the Royal Family, but it went missing and was presumably stolen. The same El Dorado was then found hidden within Marcia’s ship, which was also accompanied by the smuggling contract.